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Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794
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Fisher, Edward, 1722–1785
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Hoare, Mary, 1744–1820
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Zoffany, Johann, 1733–1810
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Dixon, John, ca. 1740–1811
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Green, Valentine, 1739–1813
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Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Smith, John Raphael, 1752–1812
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Prints
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Drawings & Watercolors
6
Creator Gender
male
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female
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Collective Title
The Vicar of Wakefield
5
King Lear
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Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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The Winter's Tale
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18th century
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laid paper
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mezzotint
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black ink
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graphite
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scraping
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watercolor
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gouache
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intaglio print
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portrait
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marine art
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literary theme
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gesturing
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plays by William Shakespeare
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The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
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cloak
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illustration
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portrait
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posing
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woman
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buttons
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curls
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dress
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cape
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science
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King Lear, play by William Shakespeare
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boat
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Bohemia
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Czech Republic
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Europe
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Cordelia (character in King Lear)
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Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright
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Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?–1774), author
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King Lear (character in King Lear)
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Abel Drugger (character in The Alchemist)
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Antigonus (character in The Winter's Tale)
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Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
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Perdita (character in The Winter's Tale)
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The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
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Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (National Gallery of Canada, 1985-02-26 - 1985-05-10)
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (The Library of Congress, 1984-11-13 - 1985-02-26)
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985-06-04 - 1985-09-05)
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-09-01 - 1985-11-13)
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James Gillray and the Art of Caricature (Tate Britain, 2001-07-07 - 2001-09-02)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Edwin
1776
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Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Edwin
1776
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Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Burchell Reading the Ballad
1776
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Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Lucilia
1776
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Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Angelina
1776
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John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Mrs. Montagu
1776
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John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare
1776
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Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard, in the Tragedy of 'Macbeth.' Act II. Scene III
1776
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Print finished by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Garrick as Abel Drugger in "The Alchemist"
1776
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost..
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ophelia's Death
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Antigonus Disposing of Perdita
ca. 1781